Ella-Mae

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ella-Mae: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ella-Mae: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #266 in 2022, and it stood at #608 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
49times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#266highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3174
1998	#2165
1999	#1805
2000	#1594
2001	#1728
2002	#809
2003	#1026
2004	#883
2005	#866
2006	#976
2007	#645
2008	#691
2009	#701
2010	#623
2011	#658
2012	#690
2013	#476
2014	#508
2015	#423
2016	#560
2017	#695
2018	#680
2019	#475
2020	#597
2021	#688
2022	#839
2023	#1087
2024	#1262

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #476 among girls in Scotland, #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1262 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2008–2022
Highest recorded position: #266 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2022 (recorded 2008–2022).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ella-Mae appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,302 births with the name.

Ella-Mae across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ella-Mae's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#423 (2015)	#1262 (2024)	29 of 29	1,302 (1996–2024)	104 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#764 (2006)	#457 (2019)	#608 (2025)	14 of 20	56 (2006–2025)	8 (2019)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#370 (2008)	#266 (2022)	#266 (2022)	5 of 15	22 (2008–2022)	6 (2013)

Ella-Mae by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ella-Mae in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	4 of 10	6
2000s	323	10 of 10	32
2010sbusiest	737	10 of 10	74
2020s	219	5 of 10	44

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 74 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2012 and 2013, when recorded births rose by 29, from 60 to 89.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ella-Mae appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #266 in Northern Ireland in 2022.

Ella-Mae's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1262	26	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1087	31	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#839	42	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#688	55	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#597	65	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#475	87	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#680	59	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#695	59	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#560	75	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#423	104	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#508	83	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#476	89	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#690	60	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#658	60	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#623	61	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#701	52	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#691	52	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#645	54	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#976	29	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#866	32	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#883	30	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1026	23	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#809	30	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1594	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#284	6	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#608	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#579	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#476	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #266, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 104 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Ella-Jane · #426, 17y
Ella-Louise · #282, 29y
Ella-Mai · #747, 24y
Ella-Marie · #689, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kori · #266, 29y
Maxim · #266, 30y
Mia-Rose · #266, 26y
Devon · #267, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Angharad · #266, 28y
Blessing · #266, 29y
Kia · #266, 28y
Kori · #266, 29y

Ella-Mae was ranked #266 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ella-Mae and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ella-Mae without appearing here.

Ella-Mae moved ahead of

Teddy Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3795 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #809 and #4137.
Francis Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3174 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #866 and #3970.
Linnea Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3174 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1594 and #3912.
Liv Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3795 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1594 and #3912.

Moved ahead of Ella-Mae

Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #658 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #690 and #284.
Meabh Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1087 and #1288 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1262 and #952.
Blake Compare
In 2016 they stood at #560 and #768 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #695 and #499.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #475 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #597 and #460.

Moved the opposite way to Ella-Mae

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ella-Mae went from #3795 to #1262 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ella-Mae went from #3795 to #1262 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ella-Mae went from #3795 to #1262 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ella-Mae went from #3795 to #1262 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Ella-Mae

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ella-Mae went from #3795 to #1262 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ella-Mae went from #3795 to #1262 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ella-Mae went from #3795 to #1262 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ella-Mae went from #3795 to #1262 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #266 in Northern Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ella-Mae

Ella-Mae at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ella-Mae across 3 official records

Ella-Mae by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ella-Mae appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Ella-Mae at a glance

Ella-Mae across 3 official records

Ella-Mae by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ella-Mae appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ella-Mae

Ella-Mae and the names beside it

Ella-Mae moved ahead of

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